The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Author: Stephen R. Covey
Published: November 2004

Book Synopsis
In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, service, and human dignity–principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

Additional Resources

• Written Review (Link)
• Video Analysis & Review (Link)

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The Compound Effect
Author: Darren Hardy
Published: October 2012

Book Synopsis
No gimmicks. No Hyperbole. No Magic Bullet. The Compound Effect is based on the principle that decisions shape your destiny. Little, everyday decisions will either take you to the life you desire or to disaster by default. Darren Hardy, publisher of Success Magazine, presents The Compound Effect, a distillation of the fundamental principles that have guided the most phenomenal achievements in business, relationships, and beyond. This easy-to-use, step-by-step operating system allows you to multiply your success, chart your progress, and achieve any desire. If you’re serious about living an extraordinary life, use the power of The Compound Effect to create the success you want.

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The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
Author: Gay Hendricks
Published: 2010

Book Synopsis
In The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks, the New York Times bestselling author of Five Wishes, demonstrates how to eliminate the barriers to success by overcoming false fears and beliefs.

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Fearless Leadership: Conquering Your Fears and the Lies that Drive Them
Author: Bruce E. Roselle PH.D
Published: August 2006

Book Synopsis
Fearless Leadership is designed to help people determine how irrational fears, faulty beliefs, and the lies they believe to be true of themselves get in the way of a happy life. This book helps readers learn to create healthy beliefs and bedrock truth to guide them in the future. Fearless Leadership provides a seven-step model for understanding how people develop undesirable behaviors and what keeps them in place. It teaches readers to know the truth about themselves so they are not stopped by their own irrational reactions. Readers can then work with optimistic attitudes and embrace new challenges with confidence and courage.

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Lean In: Women, Work and the will to Lead
Author: Sheryl Sandberg
Published: March 2013

Book Synopsis
In Lean In, Sandberg digs deeper into these issues, combining personal anecdotes, hard data, and compelling research to cut through the layers of ambiguity and bias surrounding the lives and choices of working women. She recounts her own decisions, mistakes, and daily struggles to make the right choices for herself, her career, and her family. She provides practical advice on negotiation techniques, mentorship, and building a satisfying career, urging women to set boundaries and to abandon the myth of “having it all.” She describes specific steps women can take to combine professional achievement with personal fulfillment and demonstrates how men can benefit by supporting women in the workplace and at home.

Additional resources:

• TED Talk (Link)
• Forbes Article (Link)

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The Power of Full Engagement
Authors: Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz
Published: November 2011

Book Synopsis
We live in digital time. Our pace is rushed, rapid-fire, and relentless. Facing crushing workloads, we try to cram as much as possible into every day. We’re wired up, but we’re melting down. Time management is no longer a viable solution. As bestselling authors Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz demonstrate in this groundbreaking book, managing energy, not time, is the key to enduring high performance as well as to health, happiness, and life balance. The Power of Full Engagement is a highly practical, scientifically based approach to managing your energy more skillfully both on and off the job by laying out the key training principles and provides a powerful, step-by-step program.

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The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)
Author: Don Miguel Ruiz
Published: 1997

Book Synopsis
In The Four Agreements, bestselling author don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.

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Who Needs an Executive Coach?
Author: Douglass McKenna
Published: August 4, 2009

Read his questions and see how executive coaching can be the right investment for you or your company on Forbs.com.

How to Improve Employee Engagement
Author: Terrie Lupberger
Published: January 26, 2016

Terrie Lupberger, MCC is a senior executive coach and advisor to leaders and teams worldwide. She is considered one of the pioneers in the profession of executive coaching; is the former CEO of an international coach training company, and a former executive at the US Department of Treasury. She now works at the intersections of leadership and coaching to elicit the very best, the greatest potentials, from an individual or a team.

In her blog post “How to Improve Employee Engagement”, Lupberger explores and defines how engaged an employee is at work has implications for not only individual morale and well-being but also for a company’s bottom-line.

Learn more about what individual engagement within the workplace can mean for you and your company at openfor.business.